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Prohibition of the Use and Threat of Force: Self-Defence and Self-Help in International Law

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Josef Mrazek
Josef Mrazek*
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Department of International Law, Institute of Law, Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences, Prague
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Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international , Volume 27 , 1990 , pp. 81 - 111
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Copyright © The Canadian Council on International Law / Conseil Canadien de Droit International, representing the Board of Editors, Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Comité de Rédaction, Annuaire Canadien de Droit International 1990

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